Recently it was announced that Instant Cash Sweepstakes, the original site created by Umongous before they came out with the sister site PaidViewPoint, has been shut down.

They’re putting more focus into PaidViewPoint now. While ICS was pretty fun, especially at first, PaidViewPoint is definitely a better survey site overall so I’m personally glad to see more focus being put into it.

PaidViewPoint makes surveys easy and basic to go through, and you get paid quickly. It’s so much better than other survey sites… and even good on mobile browsers.

There are plenty of ways to shop online and get cash back for it. For example, eBates or SwagBucks both have great shopping programs and reward you for shopping at regular online stores like Amazon, Best Buy, etc.

What about local places like Target or Wal-Mart? Leaving the house, getting groceries… That’s where Ibotta comes in! You can pick out your shopping list before you go, or just look through and find your purchases when you get home. I do it the second way, but you’ll earn more money the first way.

You just scan the barcodes with your mobile phone’s camera through their app (Apple iOS and/or Android) and scan the receipt. It’s really that simple. Here’s a screenshot of my earnings since I got started:

As you can see you can cash out several ways: PayPal, Amazon, Starbucks, and more.